Yemeni protesters try to break through the U.S. Embassy in Sana'a during a protest over a film mocking Islam on Thursday. Yemeni forces managed to drive out angry protesters who stormed the embassy in the Yemeni capital with police firing warning shots to disperse thousands of people as they approached the main gate of the mission.

Yemeni protesters try to break through the U.S. Embassy in Sana'a during a protest over a film mocking Islam on Thursday. Yemeni forces managed to drive out angry protesters who stormed the embassy in the Yemeni capital with police firing warning shots to disperse thousands of people as they approached the main gate of the mission.

Mohammed Huwais
/ AFP/Getty Images

Originally published on September 13, 2012 1:19 pm

Violence sparked by an anti-Islam film and video clip has spread from Libya and Egypt to Yemen.